| Trifurcula ortneri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Trifurcula |
| Species: | T. ortneri |
| Binomial name | |
| Trifurcula ortneri (Klimesch, 1951) | |
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Trifurcula ortneri is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is widespread in the western Mediterranean region, where it is known from the Algarve in Portugal, Spain, France and Italy (Emilia-Romagna, Veneto). It has also been recorded from Croatia (Dalmatia), Morocco and Algeria, eastern Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and Germany (Baden-Württemberg and Thüringen).
The larvae feed on Coronilla coronata , Coronilla emerus , Coronilla minima , Coronilla vaginalis , Coronilla valentina , Coronilla valentine glauca and Coronilla viminalis . They mine the leaves of their host plant.
